Geography Keywords (1)

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  • Created on: 07-06-13 11:22
A place where living and non-living things live and interact.
Ecosystem
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A place that is similar in climate and geographical conditions.
Biome
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The process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture.
Desertification
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Is the destruction of the rainforests. The energy comes from burning wood so more people mean more wood is needed.
Deforestation
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The birth rate is high at some places and this puts pressure on the farmlands to produce more food. If the farmers use up a lot of land repeatedly, the land loses nutrition and the crops don't grow on it anymore.
Over cultivation
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Graze so heavily that the vegetation is damaged and the ground becomes liable to erosion
Over Grazing
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Card 2

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A place that is similar in climate and geographical conditions.

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Biome

Card 3

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The process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture.

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Card 4

Front

Is the destruction of the rainforests. The energy comes from burning wood so more people mean more wood is needed.

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

The birth rate is high at some places and this puts pressure on the farmlands to produce more food. If the farmers use up a lot of land repeatedly, the land loses nutrition and the crops don't grow on it anymore.

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Preview of the front of card 5
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